Sexual Misconduct

Pentagon faces another sex scandal

2013-05-21 19:32:00

WASHINGTON — The Army suspended the commander of its main basic training camp Tuesday for alleged adultery, the latest in a string of military officers accused of sexual misconduct. Brig. Gen. Bryan T. Roberts, a 29-year Army veteran, was...

San Diego school board declines to overturn 'twerking' suspensions

2013-05-15 16:26:00

� The San Diego school board has declined to overturn the two-day suspensions meted out to 31 high-school students for being part of a "twerking video" shot on campus. After hearing complaints from parents that the suspensions were too harsh and could...

Former L.A. Unified teacher to stand trial on sex abuse charges

2013-05-14 22:27:00

A former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was ordered to stand trial on 14 charges of sexually assaulting nine students and a relative, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge in...

ACLU calls twerking suspensions "illegal and ill-advised"

2013-05-16 17:31:00

The suspensions meted out to 31 high school students in San Diego for being in a "twerking" video were "illegal and ill-advised" and should be reconsidered, the ACLU said in a letter to the school principal Thursday. The two-day suspensions do not fit...

Soldier in sexual assault prevention program accused of abuse

2013-05-14 22:52:00

WASHINGTON — A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. The...

L.A. Unified knew of alleged teacher abuse 3 years before arrest

2013-05-07 20:20:00

Los Angeles school district officials knew of sexual misconduct allegations in 2009 against a teacher at a Wilmington campus who was arrested more than three years later, the district's top administrator confirmed Tuesday. The teacher, Robert Pimentel,...

Air Force sex-assault chief arrested on sexual battery charges

2013-05-06 17:20:00

The man leading a U.S. Air Force program responsible for preventing sexual assault has been arrested on suspicion of drunkenly groping a woman in an Arlington, Va., parking lot, officials said Monday. Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski, 41 -- shown with several...

Man sues Boy Scouts over alleged abuse from 1970s

2013-05-03 19:39:00

A Pennsylvania man on Friday sued the Boy Scouts of America, alleging that the youth organization failed to protect him from sexual abuse by a Scoutmaster nearly 37 ago and then covered it up. Carl Maxwell Jr. was one of five boys, ages 13 and 14, who...

Document indicates L.A. Unified knew of sexual misconduct claims

2013-05-07 10:31:00

School district officials knew of sexual misconduct allegations in 2009 against a teacher at a Wilmington school but failed to act, an attorney suing�the Los Angeles Unified School District said Tuesday. The teacher, Robert Pimentel, 57, was arrested in...

School district knew of alleged teacher abuse 3 years before arrest

2013-05-07 17:52:00

Los Angeles school district officials knew of sexual misconduct allegations in 2009 against a teacher at a Wilmington campus who was arrested more than three years later, the district’s top administrator confirmed Tuesday. The teacher, Robert...

O.C. supervisors deny $20,000 increase for grand jury

2013-05-09 23:57:00

The first grand jury report described Orange County as being a "hotbed of corruption, conflict of interest and abuse of authority" while the next blamed political leaders for the "implosion" of the county's health plan for the poor. This week, jurors...

Four L.A. Unified administrators removed pending misconduct probe

2013-04-25 15:52:00

Two senior administrators and two principals have been removed from their jobs pending the completion of an investigation into how they handled sexual misconduct allegations against a teacher at a Wilmington school, district officials told The Times....

Penn State's board of trustees says it will create a special committee on Friday to investigate the sex abuse allegations made against a former assistant football coach.

2011-11-09 12:00:10

Mindy Skeen, 34, is facing two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor. Officers said Skeen confessed to them she had been having sex with the boy at her home for more than a year.

2011-06-01 21:00:00

The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) paid out $900,000 in confidential, out-of-court settlements to four female plaintiffs who filed sexual harassment suits against its director.

2011-01-28 04:09:21